Multispares Grows with MomentumPro

All Multispares outlets are linked by an on-line computer system that supports all operations. This system shares a common database including a catalogue with over 100,000 product applications, real-time inventory availability and a fully automated sales, picking and dispatch system.

“We integrate all functions of our business using the MomentumPro system,” said Geoff Stewart, Managing Director of Multispares.

Multispares operates the Importing, Inventory, Sales Processing, Purchasing, Service, Pricing, Marketing, Warehousing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger and Banking modules in MomentumPro.

According to Stewart, “MomentumPro handles sales order processing, product inventory control, product distribution and financial accounting. MomentumPro also produces extensive online reports for daily analysis.”

“It would be difficult to find another system that meets our requirements to the extent that MomentumPro does. Over the last three years I’ve seen constant improvements in the system and we have a broad view in the company that the system is good for us.”

MomentumPro – An Essential Business Tool

Stewart says that “A good computer system is an essential tool for business development as it supports business processes.” MomentumPro has been designed as a complete enterprise management software solution that meets the needs of modern wholesale distribution and supply companies.

Multispares is constantly growing both in Australia and in New Zealand. Stewart explained that “MomentumPro has made it easy to establish new branches because all the systems are scaleable. MomentumPro also has an extremely good back-end database.” The reason for this is MomentumPro is built using the Progress relational database engine which provides excellent stability and scalability.

“We have about 24,000 inventory items on file. At any one time there are between 15,000 and 16,000 live items available for use. These are accessible through all our branches in Australia and New Zealand.”

MomentumPro gives businesses the ability to link all their branches on-line in real-time. All branches use the same data and have access to the same information. This improves efficiency and reduces costs incurred as there is no need for staff to phone or fax between branches to get the information they need. The information they need is all available to them instantly via MomentumPro.

MomentumPro Provides Excellent Stock Control for Multispares

Stewart said, “Our stocktakes are very good. For the significant number of transactions we do, the errors in stock-takes are insignificant”. MomentumPro provides excellent inventory and stock control.

“There are two things that make us favour MomentumPro. One, it has developed in a way that supports our needs. Two, we have made an investment in MomentumPro; we view ourselves as having a partnership with Markinson long-term.”

Multispares have been using Markinson software since 1987. Stewart explained that it has been beneficial to see Markinson grow even more customer focused. “Based on my experiences the company has become customer focused and developed strong disciplines to help develop customer driven improvements.”

Multispares Benefits from Working Closely with Markinson

“The staff at Markinson are genuinely helpful; the way they interact with customers is very effective. This interaction has helped us to understand some of our business processes better. The interaction we have had with the development team at Markinson has allowed the development of the software enhancements we wanted.”

Markinson sees themselves as a business technology partner and works alongside its customers in the development of MomentumPro. This has allowed the development of a solution in MomentumPro that truly meets the needs of companies like Multispares.